Our MissionAFC's mission is to inspire excellence and promote leadership to youth through one-on-one and group mentoring, music and the performing arts. We seek to provoke positive change and enrichment in our communities

Project F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S.

(Forgetting Babies Utilize Learning Opportunities Unbutton Success)

Texas has
the 2nd highest teen birth rate and the HIGHEST rate of repeat births to
teen mothers in the Nation. Houston, Texas has the HIGHEST number of births to
teens, ages 19 and under, of 255 counties in the State of Texas.The fallout from teen pregnancy is predictably
troubling and carries substantial social and economic costs through immediate
and long-term impacts on teen parents and their children.

Based on
this evidence, AFC’s Project F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. targets African-American
and Hispanic teens aged 13-18 residing in high poverty, minority-populated
urban, high risk schools and communities. This target group are at-risk (e.g. social,
behavioral, economic, educational, repeat pregnancies) of teen pregnancies. The goal of the
AFC-F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. program is to:

vIncrease the number of youth who delay or discontinue sexual activity

vReduce the frequency of sexual activity

vReduce the number of sexual partners

vReduce the frequency of unprotected sex

vIncrease contraception/condom use to include knowledge on how to access
reproductive and family planning services

vReduce incidences of drug/alcohol use and other risk behaviors

Over the
last 2 years, AFC has provided these services to more than 600 pregnant and
parenting teens, and those who are at high-risk of becoming pregnant and teen
parents.